The Two Roads to Peace

Creator

National Union Executive Committee

Files

Creator Role

publisher

Description

The print is a pro-Lincoln broadside. The text compares the Republican and Democratic platforms for the 1864 presidential election.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

1864

Measurement

11 3/4 X 9 1/2 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper

Inscription

recto, at top: THE TWO ROADS TO PEACE! / How shall we End the Rebellion-Shall we Coax it, or Crush it? / EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN wants the Rebellion ended and Peach restored. Two plans have been proposed for doing it: one, by a Conventions which met at Baltimore June 7; the other, by a Convention which met at Chicago, August 30. Read and compare the / two. Here they are:- [Contents of the broadside follows.] recto, at bottom: Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York.

Subjects

Presidents--United States--Election--1864; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Work Type

broadside

Class

Ephemera

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

5251

Digital ID

FVW_05251

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.